When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at the boys' school in Goas weren't surprised. How could they be? She was too beautiful, too powerful and too mysterious for their tiny, remote and arid world. They knew only one essential fact about their departed colleague: she was a combat veteran of Namibia's brutal war for independence. When Mavala returns to Goas with a baby son, all are awed by her boldness. The teachers try hard, once again, not to fall in love with her. They fail, immediately and miserably, especially the American volunteer, Larry Kaplanski.
- ISBN10 0316066338
- ISBN13 9780316066334
- Publish Date 4 October 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 336
- Language English